Pharmaceutical Business review

SFDA approves 3SBio’s application for China arm of Phase III voclosporin trial

Voclosporin is a new generation calcineurin inhibitor licensed from Isotechnika Pharma.

According to the approved protocol, the study will be a Phase III, randomized, multi-center, concentration-controlled comparison study on renal transplant patients.

The company expects to begin patient enrollment in the third quarter of 2012.

3SBio is a biotechnology company focused on researching, developing, manufacturing and marketing biopharmaceutical products primarily in China.